Build & Nurture Your Marriage

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Stepfamily life can be hard on a new marriage. Find resources and information to help you build, protect and nurture your marriage.

10 Steps to Building Couple Strength
Article by Jeannette Lofas covering spending time with each other, discipline issues, leadership and unity of the couple, and more. From the Second Wives Club (free registration required).

And They All Lived Happily . . .
This article is one stepmom's account of living happily and unhappily in marriage and how we need to let go of "images in our heads" to make our marriages work.

Divorce Potential Quiz
A short quiz on factors known to increase the risk of divorce. From Fathers Right to Custody.

How Husbands & Wives Can Damage Each Other's Spirits
Great lists of "mistakes" both husband and wife can make in a second marriage that damage their relationship. From the Second Wives Club (free registration required).

How to Raise Children and Keep Love in Your Marriage
This article from Marriage Builders focuses on avoiding another divorce partly by using Dr. Williard Harley, Jr.'s Policy of Joing Agreement for a more compatible and enjoyable marriage so that your stepfamily can survive.

Remarriage
A short article with tips on to expect when you remarry and suggestions for success, from Split-Up.com.

Second Marriage with Children
This article from CyberParent focuses on understanding second marriages and the reciprocity and compromise needed to make them work.

Tips to Help Stepparents Have Successful Marriages
This article focuses on the challenges and pitfalls of second marriages.

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It is very important to keep your marriage strong whether you are a stepfamily or not. Stepfamilies are particularly vulnerable to problems because you are bring not just two people together, but two different families with different values and ideas. Learning to merge these two families into one cohesive unit with take time and work. Keeping the relationship strong between the mother and father will help the rest of the family to become stronger too. These articles give many tips and a lot of advice on building and keeping your marriage strong.

Posted by: congressional at 11/29/2005 06:36 AM

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